# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
#
# Usage:
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/users View list of users and latest twt date.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/twt View all twts.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/mentions?uri=:uri View all mentions for uri.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/conv/:hash View all twts for a conversation subject.
#
# Options:
# uri Filter to show a specific users twts.
# offset Start index for quey.
# limit Count of items to return (going back in time).
#
# twt range = 1 16
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/ah44qrq
@adi A 2-way "bridge" isn't really possible with all those proprietary lock-down privacy eroding platforms ๐
But, There are 1-way "aggregation" support currently for:
- RSS / Atom
- Twitter
via the feeds.twtxt.net service.
It is possible to add other types too, if there are sane API(s) or sane ways to scrape the content.
@adi A 2-way "bridge" isn't really possible with all those proprietary lock-down privacy eroding platforms ๐
But, There are 1-way "aggregation" support currently for:
- RSS / Atom
- Twitter
via the feeds.twtxt.net service.
It is possible to add other types too, if there are sane API(s) or sane ways to scrape the content.
@prologic I'd like RSS to make a bit of a comeback to be honest. I noticed even sites like ABC News Australia start hiding the RSS feed links (can still find them in View Source HTML), probably to further encourage people to download their 'app' to get news updates.
@eldersnake \nRSS links are archaic. Clients discover them if properly linked, they do not need to be human visible.
@eldersnake
RSS links are archaic. Clients discover them if properly linked, they do not need to be human visible.
@quark Ah, but if you use a barebones CLI RSS fetcher/parser like I do ( sfeed ) you need the links themselves. I run this in a Cron job which outputs an HTML file (which I sync over my Nextcloud) which I just keep open in a tab in my browser. Any time I refresh the tab, I get new results in my RSS feeds. It's lovely.
@eldersnake
Seems like you need to make your parser smarter. Go tinker! ๐
@eldersnake \nSeems like you need to make your parser smarter. Go tinker! ๐
@eldersnake Yeah thatโs why I built feeds.twtxt.net so it can automatically figure out a websiteโs RSS or Atom feed ๐
@eldersnake Yeah thatโs why I built feeds.twtxt.net so it can automatically figure out a websiteโs RSS or Atom feed ๐
@eldersnake You should just shove those into feeds.twtxt.met like I do and use your Yarn.social pod to also read news ๐ Iโve been doing this for over a yeear now itโs great ๐
@eldersnake You should just shove those into feeds.twtxt.met like I do and use your Yarn.social pod to also read news ๐ Iโve been doing this for over a yeear now itโs great ๐
@quark \n> Seems like you need to make your parser smarter. Go tinker! ๐\n\nI didn't write the program but as it's C I probably could at some point. Still, I find links pretty easily with a CTRL-F in a website's source code if I have to so I'm not too bothered by it, it keeps the program very small and reliable.
@prologic \n> You should just shove those into feeds.twtxt.met like I do and use your Yarn.social pod to also read news ๐ Iโve been doing this for over a yeear now itโs great ๐\n\nYeah I sorta do this as well, actually. I have more feeds in my sfeed setup but I definitely make use of feeds.twtxt.net , means one way or another I don't miss any news, which is important because I don't go on BookFace or any of the shithouse silos to get news anymore ๐